A Silent Killer in Your Albany Home?

Published on November 04, 2015

Service Experts Heating and Air Conditioning surveyed 1,000 homeowners in the U.S. and Canada on their familiarity of carbon monoxide (CO). According to The Centers for Disease Control, carbon monoxide poisoning is a primary cause of unintentional poisoning deaths – causing about 15,000 emergency room visits and almost 500 deaths yearly in the United States1. There are alarming gaps in what homeowners do and don’t know about remaining safe.

A lot of common household appliances release carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that may build to harmful levels in your home when fuel-burning devices are not correctly vented, operated or maintained. Breathing in CO may cause carbon monoxide poisoning which attacks the nervous system, heart and could be fatal. It’s crucial to have your home tested for carbon monoxide regularly to help ensure safe air quality.

Common sources of CO in homes include certain:

Furnaces

Stoves

Space heaters

Fireplaces

Water heaters

Clothes dryers

What do you know about CO?

Our survey results uncover the surprising lack of information homeowners have about the hazards of carbon monoxide:

66% don’t know if they would know the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning (headache, nausea, dizziness, or confusion).

94% of homeowners know that the furnace can release deadly carbon monoxide gas, but more than half (54%) don’t get an annual furnace tune-up, a simple step that can help ensure good furnace operation and venting.

54% don’t know the best place in the home to install a carbon monoxide detector (the Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends a detector outside of each separate sleeping area).

More than half of homeowners (54%) don’t know that the clothes dryer could be a source of carbon monoxide; 25% don’t know that that fireplace also can be a source. Other possible sources include gas water heaters, gas ranges, charcoal grills, gas space heaters and wood burning stoves.

Over one third of homeowners (34%) don’t have or can’t be sure if they have a carbon monoxide detector in their home; 41% say they never swap out their carbon monoxide detector, or they aren’t sure how often it is replaced.

Determine your home’s CO risk

With a basic home comfort analysis, D.A. Bennett Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning in Albany could help keep your family safe this winter. Visit ServiceExperts.com/CO-Safety, call 518-205-3324 or use our online schedulerto set up an analysis of CO and other harmful indoor air pollutant levels.

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